Historik bojových sportů a bojový umělec
Října 16, 1920, Special Officers Preston Anslyn and William A. Moller were following two burglars in the 3800 block of Juanita Avenue during a heavy fog. One or both burglars shot the officers from a gangway as they walked onto the lawn of a house, where they thought the burglars entered. The officers both suffered fatal wounds, který zabil
I’m continuing with watching some old Alan Ladd movies that I first saw thirty years ago on American Movie Classics (AMC), when they showed classic movies. I recently watched Appointment with Danger (1950), which was as entertaining as I remembered it. Společnost Paramount Pictures vydala Appointment with Danger (partnerský odkaz) in London in 1950 ale nevydal to ve Spojených státech
Running a pawn shop has always been a tough business because you constantly have to be on the look out for thieves attempting to pawn their stolen goods in your shop. In the late 19th Century, police detectives worked with pawn shops, as they do today, to try to stop the fencing of goods. In August 1885, future St. Louis
Prosince 15, 1903, about 2:00 o’clock in the morning, George Harding, the clerk of the Erie Hotel, was busy working in his office. Used to working alone, Harding had relaxed his vigil and didn’t notice three large, hard looking men enter the hotel at Fourth and Clark Streets. His attention was arrested, when the first man entered his office
When the 1915 New York International Wrestling Tournament restarted in October 1915, a mysterious masked man sat at ringside demanding an entry into the tournament. Prior to the masked man’s arrival, the tournament had been lightly attended. The attraction of the masked man sitting at ringside attracted both fan and newspaper interest. Crowds started showing up for the matches. Po
During March 1891, George Baptiste travelled from St. Louis to Detroit to take part in a catch-as-catch-can wrestling tournament. While primarily a Greco-Roman wrestler, Baptiste would compete in the dominant American style of catch-as-catch-can. The 26-year-old Baptiste was an accomplished amateur and professional wrestler. Entering the Detroit tournament, Baptiste had lost only one match as a professional. The year prior,
V pozdní 1902, Harvey Parker, a professional wrestler who began wrestling in 1900, travelled to St. Louis to challenge the local wrestling community. Parker may have thought St. Louis to be an easier town than “Zemědělec” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Však, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Podle 1902, George
Srpna 11, 1915, současný mistr světa v barevném boxu v těžké váze Sam McVey se v Bostonu utkal se Sandy Fergusonem, Massachusetts v tělocvičně Atlas Athletic Association. McVey bojoval v době, kdy promotéři zmrazili všechny afroamerické boxery, kromě velkého Jacka Johnsona, z bojů o mistrovství světa. McVey porazil většinu ostatních velkých černých bojovníků tohoto
Jak jsem psal v několika příspěvcích, nejlepší boxeři těžké váhy mezi nimi 1900 a 1919 byli afroameričtí boxeři nuceni bojovat mezi sebou za “Barevné mistrovství”. Dokonce i poté, co skvělý Jack Johnson konečně prolomil barevnou linii a vyhrál mistrovství světa v těžké váze, obhájil by titul pouze proti bílým uchazečům. V důsledku toho, nejtěžší vyzyvatelé
Dne 10, 1924, Paní. A.W. Stickney opouštěl St. Louis Country Club, když ji oslovili dva afroameričtí muži. Muž se světlejší pletí řekl Mrs. Stickney, aby obrátil její šperky, jinak by jí je vzal. Fearing for her safety, Paní. Stickney podal muži své šperky, oceněno na $17,000.00, a $85.00 in cash. Paní.